She dreams she is a boy living in Tokyo while Taki dreams he is a girl from a rural town he’s never been to.
The film, which received a subsidy from the Japanese government under The Agency for Cultural Affairs’ art and culture support program, has already become the biggest commercial hit in Shinkai’s career.
His last film Kotonoha no Niwa/The Garden of Words was released at 23 theaters in May 2013 and ended its theatrical run with about 150 million yen.